Temperature control mechanism



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j'izventor Aug 23, 1938.

llllnumn W. H. EDMONDSON TEMPERATURE CONTROL MECHANISM Filed April 28, 1937 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 'ZIIS Inventor W'Z'Zz'grgz HEdmmdaon Patented Aug. 239 1%38 UNETED STTES dj g .PA'FEN'F OFFIEL amuse TEMPERATURE CONTROL MECHANISM Application April 2 8, 1937,, Serial No. 139,633

14 Claims.

My invention relates to temperature control apparatus.

In apparatus used for the controlling of temperature, it is imperative that the apparatus op- 5 erate with extreme accuracy. This is particularly true where the system is of the follow-up type wherein a valve or some other regulating device for a heater is variably positioned in accordance with some controlling condition. Such apparam tus must meet the requirement, not only of being quite accurate in operation but also of operating rather heavy loads. In many cases, it is necessary to have the apparatus operating the valve, damper, or other similar controlling member to 15 be capable of lifting loads as great as 50 to 60 pounds. At the same time, this apparatus is to be controlled by delicate and sensitive control equipment which must be so small as to be relatively inconspicuous in the room in which it is go placed. It will, accordingly, be seen that the design of temperature controlling apparatus involves problems which are peculiar to that art and differ from other arts wherein either accuracy alone or power alone is suflicient.

The present apparatus, as previously indicated, is particularly adapted for use in control systems of the follow-up type. It has been found that it is extremely desirable in such systems to employ a motor of the condenser type for driving 30 the controlled apparatus. Such a motor pro vides relatively eflicient operation combined with a sufllciently high starting torque for the operation of the regulating device. The use of a condenser motor,.however, has the disadvantagethat 35 it requires the use of a relatively large condenser and usually a transformer. Since a third requirement of temperature control apparatus is that it be extremely compact, the use of a condenser motor in temperature control apparatus 40 has been objected to for this reason.

An object of the present invention is to provide a highly compact temperature control mechanism, particularly one employing a condenser motor which is both extremely accurate and ex 45 tremely powerful. The invention resides in the various features and structural arrangements by which this is accomplished.

In the apparatus in question, a housing is pro vided which encloses a motor, a reduction gear 50 train and an operating shaft with the motor and reduction gear train partially immersed in oil. The housing is provided with a removable side wall and the motor and the gear train are entirely supported by this side wall. In this way,

55 there is no danger of any misalignment, whatsoever, of any of the gears or of the motor arising by reason of any variations in the position of the removable side wall with respect to the rest of the housing. In this manner, it is assured that the accuracy of the apparatus is pre- 5 served. Due, however, to the rather large load which the shaft must carry, it is impossible to have it journaied entirely from the side wall. In order, accordingly, to minimize the efiect of any variations in'the position of the side wall with respect to the rest of the housing, the bearings are spaced as widely apart as possible. This is done by providing one bearing for the shaft in the removable side wall and by projecting outwardly a portion of the opposite side wall and locating the other bearing in this outwardly projecting portion. The outwardly projecting portion is so arranged, however, with respect to its height above the base that provision is made underneath the projecting portion for the condenser and transformer employed with the mo tor. Moreover, the various switch mechanisms which are employed for control of the motor are extended above the projecting portion so that all of the space surrounding the projecting portion is efliciently utilized in this way and extremely wide spacings of the bearings of the shaft are obtained without in any way decreasing the compactness of the apparatus. The apparatus also employs a friction brake which extends through the removable wall and which serves to prevent the apparatus from coasting upon beingdeenergized.

For a more complete understanding of the present invention, reference is made to the accom- 3 panying specification, claims and drawings of which Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view taken along the line l--l of Figure 2;

.Figure 2 is an end view of the apparatus look- 40 ing toward the right hand end of Figure 1, with the casing shown in section;

Figure 3 is an end view looking towards the left hand end of Figure 1;

Figures 4, 5 and 6 are detailed views of a portion of the gear train and of the friction brake; Figure '7 is a front elevational view with the ,casing shown in section;

Figure 8 is a top plan view, the casing being shown in section; v

Figure 9 is a view of a relay employed in the apparatus; Figure 10 is a view of a follow-up potentiometer forming a portionof the apparatus; and

Figure 11 is a schematic view of a temperature a.

- first gear of the. gear train.

control system employing the apparatus in question.

Referring to the drawings, the housing for the motor and gear train is designated by the reference numeral III. This housing has a removable side wall ll. Over the entire apparatus is an outer casing l2. Within the housing is a motor unit l3 of a condenser motor. The motor unit is operatively connected by a gear train l4 with a shaft l5. At one end of the shaft I5 is an arm l6 (best shown in Figure 3) which arm is adapted to be connected to a regulating device of some condition changing means. At the other end of the shaft I5 is a cam l1 which is designed to actuate a potentiometer l8 which, in turn, controls the energization of a relay 19. The relay I9 controls the operation of the motor l3. Mounted above the housing with the potentiometer and relay is a pair of resistances 20 and 2|. Mounted outside of the housing beneath a projecting portion thereof are a condenser 22 and a transformer 23 which are associated with the motor unit l3. Within the housing is oil 24 which submerges the lower end of the gear train.

Referring now more particularly to the details of construction of the apparatus, the gear train i4 is entirely journaled in two plates 30 and 3| which are secured to the side wall I I. Interposed between these two plates are spacer sleeves 32 and extending through these spacer sleeves are cap screws 33 or other suitable fastening means, which with the sleeve serve to secure the plates 30 and 3| in definite spaced relation to each other and to the side wall II. The motor i 3 is secured through screws 34 to the plate 3 I. In this matter, it will be seen that both the motor and the gear train are entirely supported by the end plate H so that the alignment of the various gears of the gear trainwith each other and with the motor is independent of the position of plate I I.

As previously stated, it is impossible to support the shaft '15 entirely from the movable side wall. One bearing for the shaft is, however, provided in the side wall. The side wall II has an enlarged portion 36 and in this enlarged portion is a bush ing 31. Packing 39 surrounds the shaft in contact with the bushing and is held in position by a screw gland 39. In the opposite wall of the housing there is a projecting portion 40. In this projecting portion a bushing 4| is located and associated with this bushing is packing 42 and a screw gland 43. It will be readily seen that the two bearings for the shaft I5 are very widely spaced from each other so that any shifting in the position of removable wall II with respect to the rest of the housing has little effect on the angular position of shaft l5.

Non-rotatably secured to the shaft I5 is gear 45 which is adapted to constitute the end gear at the low speed end of the gear train. A fiber gear 46 is provided for connection to the high speed end of the gear train. This gear, as best shown in Fig. 4, is mounted upon a shaft 41. The fiber gear 46 is connected with the pinion gear on the shaft of the motor. The shaft 41 is, in turn, provided with gear teeth 49 which cooperate with the In order to assemble the shaft 41 with its teeth 43 and relatively large gear 46 with respect to the plate 3|, it is necessary to have the gear 46 removable from the shaft 41 and to provide a non-rotatable connection between the gear and the shaft. The gear 46 is, accordingly, mounted on a flanged sleeve 49. This sleeve, as indicated in Figures 5 and 6, is provided with diametrically opposed slots 59.

Extending through these slots 50 are the ears 5| of a key member 52. This key member is provided with an open ended slot and is secured in flat bottom slots 53 in the shaft 41. It will be readily seen that any rotation of the sleeve 49 with respect to the shaft 41 is effectively prevented by this keying arrangement. A nut 44 or other suitable means, is employed to retain the flanged sleeve 49 and accordingly the fiber gear 45 on the shaft 41.

Cooperating with the outer end of the shaft 41 is a hollow braking member 54. This braking member is slidably located within a hollow stud 55. A. spring 56 is located within the hollow braking member and has one end bearing against the stud, serving to urge the braking member into braking engagement with the shaft 41. By screwing the stud 55 in or out of the side wall II, it will be readily seen that it is possible to very easily adjust the braking action on the shaft 41. A look nut 51 is provided for the purpose of looking the stud 55 in adjusted position. Surrounding the lock nut and the exposed end of the stud 55 is a housing 59 which is secured to the side wall by screws 59 or other suitable fastening means. The provision of the friction brake makes it possible upon deenergization of the motor to have the apparatus stop almost instantly. This is highly desirable for the purpose of accuracy.

A pin 60 is supported by a plug 6i extending into the side wall i l. The pin 60 extends into the housing and cooperates with a pin 52 located upon the end gear 45. The purposes of pins 60 and 52 are to limit the movement of the shaft in one direction. This is effected by the engagement of pin 62 with pin 60. The plug BI is removable to permit replenishing of the oil in the housing.

Secured to the outside of the housing Ill beneath the projecting portion 40 is a four pronged clip 10 which serves to support condenser 22 as best shown in Figure 7. This clip 10 is secured by any suitable fastening means to studs 1| projecting from the housing. The transformer 23 comprises a transformer core 12 and a winding 15. The transformer is mounted by screws 14 to studs 13 as best indicated in Figure 1. The transformer, as will be more apparent'from the subsequent description, is of the auto-transformer type and is for the purpose of increasing the voltage across the condenser 22.

Located in the side wall of the housing is a terminal plate 80, as best shown in Figure 7. This terminal plate is secured to a mounting plate 3| which is secured to the housing in oil tight relation. Terminal plate is provided with terminals 82, 83 and 84 and it is adapted to furnish a means for introducing current to the motor I 3, while preventing escape of the oil from the housing. 7

A plate of insulating material is secured above the housing. One corner of the plate is secured to the housing by a screw 9| which extends through a spacer sleeve 92 interposed between the housing and the plate 90. This construction is best shown in Figures 2 and 7. A second corner of the plate, as best shown in Figure 2, is supported by a right angled bracket 93. The third corner, as indicated in Figure 7, is supported from a terminal plate 94 which rests on the top of thehousing. A bolt 95 serves to support this corner of the plate 90 from insulating plate 94." Spacer sleeve 96 surrounds the bolt 95 and spaces'the plates 90 and 94. The fourth corner of the plate 90 is supported from the plate 94 by a bracket 91, as indicated in Figure 1. The

bracket 91 also serves to secure a vertical plate 99 of insulating material to the plate 90. This vertical plate 99 is further secured to the horizontal plate 90 by a bracket IOI.

Secured to the vertical plate 99 is a relay which controls the operation of the motor. One preferable form of the relay is the balanced type shown in the application of Willis H. Gille, Serial No. 758,231, filed December 19, 1934. Reference is made to that application for a detailed description of the relay. The essential elements of the device, however, as far as the present invention is concerned, are shown in Figure 9. Referring to this figure, it will be noted that the relay comprises two coils I02 and I03 of the solenoid type. A pivoted armature I04 has core members cooperating with these coils and carries a contact arm I05 which is adapted to engage with contacts I06 and I01. Contacts I06 and I! are formed on the end of contact screws I08 and I09 which are supported by posts H0 and III. These posts are secured to the insulating plate 99 by any suitable fastening means. It will be readily understood that upon coil I03 being more highly.

energized than coil I02 the armature is moved in such a manner as to bring contact I into engagement with contact I06, and that similarly when relay coil I02 is more highly energized than relay coil I03 the contact arm I05 is moved into engagement with contact I01.

The relative energizations of the two coils I02 and I03 of the relay are controlled by the potentiometer I8, best shown in Figures '7 and 10.- This potentiometer consists of a resistance II5 which is wound on an insulating rod supported at one end directly by the insulating plate 90 and at the other end by a supporting member II6 of metal. Cooperating with the resistance H5 and the support I I6 are two flexible contact arms I" and H8 which are electrically connected together and are mounted on an arm I20 of insulating material, which arm. is, in turn, secured to a shaft I2I. The arms Ill and H8 are always in sliding engagement with the resistance H5 and the support II6, respectively. The arm IIO thus serves to connect the arm II'I with the fixed support member H5. The shaft I2I is supported by a bracket I22. Secured to the opposite end of shaft I2I is an arm I23, best shown in Figures 2 and '7, which carries a roller I24 adapted to act as a cam follower and cooperate with the cam IT. A spring I25 has one end connected to the support I22 and the other end to the arm I20 and serves to bias the arm I23 into engagement with the cam II. In certain types of apparatus, it is desirable that an extra potentiometer be provided for the purpose of controlling other apparatus in accordance with the position of the primary apparatus. Such additional potentiometer is indicated generally-by the reference numeral I26 and it is to be understood that it is identical in construction to the potentiometer I8. The contact arms of both potentiometers are connected to the arm I20 and so are actuated simultaneously.

In order to limitthe motion of the motor in either direction, it is necessary to provide limit switches. These limit switches consist of a pair of flexible switch blades I20 and I29 which are biased into engagement with contacts carried by rigid contact carrying members I30 and I3I. This structure is best shown in Figures 8 and 11. Secured to the arm I20 is a U-shaped bracket I33. This bracket is disposed with the legs thereof extending outwardly. A screw I34 extends through each leg and is adapted to engage with one of the flexible blades I28 and I29. Upon the arm I20 moving to one extreme position, the switch blade I28 is separated from its associated contact by the engagement of one of the screws I34 therewith. Upon the movement of arm I20 to the opposite extreme position, the switch blade I29 is separated from its associated contact by the engagement of the other screw I34 therewith. The opening of these switches is employed for the purpose of stopping the operation of the motor when such extreme limits of movement are reached. The cam I1 is provided with an abrupt toe portion I36 and an abrupt heel portion I3'I. These two portions correspond to the extreme positions and serve to quickly actuate the arm E20 and thus quickly open the limit switches.

The resistors 20 and 2I are also mounted upon the insulating plate 90 by suitable fastening means. These insulators are located to one side of the limit switches and occupy space which would otherwise be of no utility.

The arm I5 may be of any suitable desired form and forms no part of the present invention. This arm is shown as comprising a U- shaped member I40, as best indicated in Figures 3 and 7. This U-shaped member I40 is non-rotatably secured to the shaft I5. tatably mounted on the shaft I5 between the two legs of the U is an arm portion Hi. This arm portion MI is provided with various openings I42. A screw I43 is adapted to extend through the U-shaped arm and through one of the openings I42. It will thus be seen that the position of the arm portion I can be adjusted with respect to the shaft I5 by suitable selection of the hole I42 through which the screw I43 projects.

Terminal plate 94 briefly referred to pre-' viously as supporting the plate 90 serves as a means for connecting the apparatus to the various other pieces of apparatus to be employed therewith. The various terminals are shown in the schematic Figure 11 and are indicated therein by the reference numerals I45 to I50.

Referring now to Figure 11, a temperature control system is shown schematically employing the apparatus of the present invention. For convenience in understanding the operation .of the system, the apparatus just described is shown in exploded form so that the electrical connec-' tion between the various elements may be more easily understood. In order to facilitate the correlation of this figure with the various other figures, the same reference numerals have been applied to the various elements of the apparatus just described as were employed in the detailed description thereof. In this figure, moreover, the electrical arrangement of certain elements, which have merely been described so far as the physical construction is concerned, is shown in schematic form. .Thus, it will be noted that.

the relay coils I02 and I03 each actually consist of a main coil and a booster coil. Thus coil I02 consists of a main coil I55 and a booster coil I56. Similarly, the coil I03 consists of a main coil I51 and a booster coil I58.

It will further be noted from the schematic showing in Figure 11 that the motor I3 consists of field windings I59 and I60. It may be explained that these two windings permit the motor to be operated as a two phase motor. This is accomplished by connecting a condenser in series with one or the other of the windings and thus displacing the phase of the current flowing through that winding. The relay I9 serves to vary the connection of the condenser with respect to the windings.

It is also evident from the schematic Figure 11 that the winding 15 of the autotransformer 23 is tapped at an intermediate point. Since the transformer is a step-up transformer, the entire winding constitutes the secondary, while the lower portion constitutes the primary.

The system of Figure 11 is shown in connection with the operation of a valve I65. The stem of this valve is operatively connected through any suitable means to the arm I6 so as to be operated by the motor I3. The valve I55 can be employed for the control of any suitable medium, such as steam, used in condition control systems.

A thermostatic controller is generally indicated by the reference numeral I10. This controller consists of a bimetal element HI and a contact arm I12 secured thereto and actuated thereby. The contact arm I12 is adapted to cooperate with a resistance I13. Contact arm I12 and resistance I13 thus form a potentiometer whose position is adjusted in accordance with the temperature adjacent thermostatic element I1I. It is to be understood that in place of the temperature responsive element I1I. other condition responsive elements can be substituted where it is desired to control according to a different condition than temperature.

A transformer I14 is employed to supply low voltage power for operation of the system. The transformer I14 consists of a high voltage primary I15 and a low voltage secondary I16. The high voltage primary I15 is connected to line wires I11 leading to a suitable source of power (not shown). The secondary I15 is connected to supply terminals I49 and I50 so that these terminals are, at the potentials of the opposite ends of the secondary I16. Accordingly, in tracing circuits in a subsequent part of the descrip tion, these circuits will be traced from supply terminals I49 and I50 rather than back to the secondary I16.

The rebalancing potentiometer I8 and the main control potentiometer I10 are connected In parallel directly to each other. Thus, the

upper end of resistance IIS of control potenti ometer H6 is connected through conductor I85 to terminal I45 while the lower end of po tentiometer I8 is connected through conductor I00 to terminal I46. Similarly, the opposite ends of the resistance I13 of the control potentiometer I10 are connected through conductors I81 and I08 with terminals I45 and I46, respectively. As previously described, the contact arm H1 is always electrically connected to the support H6 and since support H6 is connected through a conductor I89 with terminal I41, contact arm H1 is always electrically connected with terminal I41. Also connected to the same terminal by conductor ment "I is the contact arm I12 of the control potentiometer I10.

The two potentiometers are not only connected in parallel with each other as described above, but are also connected in parallel with the main relay coils I55 and I51 of the relay I9, the connection with. the relay coils being made through protective resistors 20 and 2|. As previously explained, terminal I45 is connected both to the upper end of the resistance II5 of control p0- tentiometer I0 and the left hand end of resist-' ance- I13 of the control potentiometer I10, while I90 and bimetallic ele- 1 terminal I40 is connected to the other ends of the resistances of these two potentiometers. The terminal I is also connected to one end of the main coil winding I55 through the following circuit: conductor I9I, protective resistor 20, conductor I92, terminal I49, and conductor I93. The terminal I46 is connected to one end of the main coil I51 through the following circuit: conductor I95, protective resistor 2|, conductor I90 terminal I50, and conductor I91. The opposite ends of the main coils I55 and I51 are connected through conductors I98 and I99 to the terminal I41 which, as previously explained, is connected to both the contact arm I12 of potentiometer I10 and contact arm II1 of potentiometer I0.

As previously explained, the secondary I16 of transformer I14 is connected to the supply terminals I49 and I50. It will be noted that one of these terminals is connected through conductor E93 with one end of one of the main coils and the other terminal is connected to conductor I91with the other end of the main coils. It will thus be seen that the main relay coils I55 and 851 are connected in series across the supply terminals. Moreover, the supply terminals I49 and J50 are connected to the outside terminals of the potentiometers I10 and IB through resistors 20 and 21, respectively. These resistors function .as protective resistors and prevent the transformer from being short circuited if the contact arms of the potentiometers assume opposite extreme positions.

It will be seen from the preceding description that the relay coils are directly connected across the source of power and connected in parallel with these relay coils across this source of power are potentiometers I10 and it. It will further be seen that by reason of these parallel connections the two potentiometers act as voltage dividers and that any movement of contact arm M2, for example, to the left causes an lncrease in the energization of relay coil i51 and a decrease in the energization of relay coil I55. An opposite movement of the contact arm H2 will cause an increase in the energization of relay coil I55 and a decrease of energization of relay coil 151. Likewise, any movement of contact arm II1 of rebalancing potentiometer I0 upwardly causes an increase in the energization of relay coil W1 and a decrease in energization of relay coil I55. Similarly, any movement of the contact arm H1 in the opposite direction causes an increase in the energization of relay coil I55 and a decrease in the energization of relay coil I51. From the preceding, it will be obvious that any movement of contact arm I12 in one direction can be compensated for by a movement of contact arm H1 in the opposite direction. In the operation of the system, the motor is so actuated as the result of the movement of contact arm I12 in one direction that the resultant movement thereof causes contact arm II! to move in the opposite direction to rebalance the system and terminate operation of the motor.

Operation Bimetallic element I1I of the main controller I10 is so arranged that any decrease in temperature causes contact arm I12 to move to the right and any increase in temperature causes the same to move to the left. This is indicated in the drawings by legends wherein C represents cold and H represents hot. The various elewill be noted that both of these circuits extended ments are shown in the drawings in the position occupied when the temperature of the controlling medium is approximately at the desired value. perature the controlling medium decreases so as to cause movement of contact arm I12 to the right. As previously explained, such movement will cause an increase in the energization of coil I55 and a decrease in the energization of coil I'I'. This will result in the armature I04 being turned in a clockwise direction causing the engagement of contact arm I05 with contact I01. As soon as this takes place, energizing circuits are established to the field windings I50 and I60 of motor I3. The energizing circuit for field winding I59 is as follows: supply terminal I50, conductor 205, contact arm I05, contact I01, conductor 206, booster coil I56, conductor 201, limit switch blade I29, contact support ISI, conductor 208, terminal 84, conductor 209, field winding I59, conductor 2l0, terminal 62, and conductor 2 to the other supply terminal I49. It will be noted that this energizing circuit extends directly to the field winding I59.

The energizing circuit for field winding I60 is as follows: from supply terminal I50, conductor 205, contact arm I65, contact I01, conductor 206, booster coil I56, conductor 201, limit switch blade I29, contact support I3I, conductor 208, terminal 05, conductor 2M, primary portion of winding 15 of transformer 23, conluctor 2I5, terminal 83, conductor 2I6, field winding I60, conductor 2I0, terminal 82, and conductor 2 to the other supply terminal I49. It will be noted that the circuit of field winding I60 just traced includes the primary portion of the winding of autotransformer 23. In view of the fact that condenser I22 is connected across the winding 15, the effect of the inclusion of the primary portion of winding 15 is to introduce a capacitance effect into the circuit to field winding I60 so as to cause the current flowing through this winding to lead in phase that flowing through field winding I59. The result is that there is a phase displacement in the currents energizing the two field windings so that the motor is caused to rotate. The re sultant rotation operates through the gear train I4 to rotate the shaft I5 in sucha manner to cause the crank arm I6 to rotate in a counterclockwise direction. Such counter-clockwise movement of the arm I6 is effective to raise the valve stem of valve I65 and move the valve towards open position. At the same time that shaft I5 is causing a counter-clockwise movement of arm I 6, it is also causing a counterclockwise movement of cam I1 which is effective to cause the arm I23 to move in a counter-clockwise direction, which in turn causes contact arm II1 to move upwardly on the resistance II5. It will be recalled from the preceding description that this movement of contact arm II1 has an effect upon the energization of relay coils I55 and I51 which is opposite to that caused by a movement to the right of contact arm I12. Thus after a predetermined movement of shaft I5, contact arm II1 will have moved sufllciently upwardly upon resistance II5 to compensate for the movement to the right of contact arm I12 and'will thus rebalance the energization of relay coils I55 and I51. Thus the movement of the arm I6 will be proportional to the amount of deviation of contact arm I12 from its mid position.- In the preceding tracing of the energizing i: circuits of the field windings I59 and I60, it

Let it now be assumed that the tem-' through the booster coil I 56. The purpose of the booster coil being incldded in the motor circuit is that the booster coil becomes energized and aids the coil I55 so as to hold contact blade M105 more securely in engagement with contact I01. It is to be understood that the movement of arm I12 is very gradual so that when contact arm I05 is moved into engagement with contact I01, the unbalance in the energization of relay coils I55 and I51 may be, so slight that a very unsteady engagement of contact arm I05 with contact I01 is efiected. By providing the booster coil I56 which is energized immediately upon engagement of contact arm I05 with contact arm I01, the contact pressure between these two contact making members is immediately increased so as to avoid any possibility of the contacts chattering.

lit will also be noted that the circuits to both field windings I59 and I60 extend through the limit switch consisting of limit switch blade I29 and contact support MI. The purpose of this is to insure that when these two limit switch members are separated by the engagement of screw I34 with limit switch blade I20, the motor will be effectively deenergized to prevent further movement thereof. This separation of these two switch members, as previously explained, occurs when the shaft I5 has rotated to a position corresponding to the end of the desired movement of the valve.

The operation in the preceding paragraphs has been traced to the point where the rebalance of the system has been effected by contact arm I II1 moving an amount corresponding to the movement of contact arm I12 to the right as a result of a decrease in temperature. The resultant opening of valve I65 will cause more steam to be supplied to the radiator or other device utilizing the same. The result of this increase in flow of steam is to cause the temperature in the room to again rise. This will cause the contact arm I12 to move in the opposite direction towards the left. The movement of contact arm I12 towards the left will result in relay coil I51 becoming more highly energized than relay coil I55. This will cause counter-clockwise movement of armature I04 and movement of contact arm I05 into engagement with contact I 06. The result will be that energizing circuits will be again established to both field windings I59 and I60. The energizing circuit to field winding I59 will be as follows: from supply terminal I50 through conductor 205, contact arm I05, contact I06,

conductor 220, booster coil I58, conductor 22I,

limit switch blade I28, contact support I30, conductor 222, terminal 83,'conductor 2I5, the primary portion of winding 15, conductor 2I4, terminal 84, conductor 209, field winding I59, conductor 2I0, terminal 82, and conductor 2 to the other supply terminal I49. The energizing circuit to field winding I60 is as follows: from supply terminal I50 through conductor 20'5, contact arm I05, contact I06, conductor 220, booster coil I58, conductor 22I, limit switch blade I28, contact support I30, conductor 222, terminal 83, conductor 2I6 field winding I60, conductor 2I0, contact 82, and conductor 2 to the other supply terminal I49. It will be noted that in the circuits just traced, the energizingcircuit to field winding I59 is now the circuit which includes the primary portion of the winding 15 of the autotransformer and which consequently is the one which is subjected to the capacitance effect of condenser 22. The energizing circuit to field winding I60 is now the one which is a direct energizing circuit and includes no capacitance. The result is that the current to field winding I55 now leads the current through field winding I so that the motor is caused to rotate in a direction opposite to that which is effected upon the engagement of contact I05 with contact I01.

As in the preceding case, it will be noted that the energizing circuits to the motor include a booster coil, in this case, the booster coil I58. The effect of the energization of this booster coil is to cause contact arm I05 to be more firmly engaged with contact I06 for the same purpose as the contact pressure of contact arm I05 and contact I01 was increased by the energization of booster coil I58. It will further be noted that the energizing circuits to both motor windings now include the limit switch comprising limit switch blade I28 and contact support I30. Thus, upon the movement of shaft I5 in the direction such as to disengage these two limit switch members, further movement of the motor will be interrupted.

The resultant rotation of motor I3 will be in a direction opposite to that previously described by reason of the current in field winding I59 now leading that in field winding I60. Shaft I5 will, accordingly, be rotated in the opposite direction to cause clockwise movement of arm I B. The clockwise movement of arm I6 causes a movement of valve I towards closed position. The movement of contact arm III towards closed position thus reduces the flow of steam or other conditioning medium. The movement of shaft ll in this direction also causes a clockwise movement of cam II which results in a clockwise movement of arm I 23. This, in turn, produces a downward movement of contact arm III. The downward movement of contact arm III will, as will be recalled from the previous description, affect the energization of relay coils I55 and I5! in the opposite manner to that in which the movement to the left of contact arm I12 affected such energization. The result will be that after a movement of the shaft I5 and consequent movement of arm III to an extent corresponding to the movement of contact arm I12, the energization of relay coils I55 and I5! will again be balanced causing the motor to be deenergized.

It will be seen from the preceding description that the position of the valve I always bears a direct relation to the position of contact arm I12 on resistance I". The general operation of this system Just described does not, however, form a part of my invention, and any description of the same has been incorporated for the purpose of giving clearer understanding of the function of the various elements of the apparatus which form the subject matter of the present application.

It will be readily seen that the control apparatus of the present application forms a very compact piece of apparatus which is both highly sensitive and also capable of operating rather large loads. It will be further seen that the apparatus allows an arrangement of elements in a manner which, while extremely compact, permits incorporation of the same in a system of the proportioning type so as to give the desired operation.

While the apparatus has been described as temperature control apparatus, it is to be understood that the same may be used in any condition control system. Moreover, while the same is particularly designed for condition control systems,

it is to be understood that various features of the same are applicable to other motor control systems, particularly those of the follow-up type wherein a motor driven element is variably positioned in accordance with the position of a main controller. In general while a specific embodiment of the invention has been shown, it is to be understood that this is for purposes of illustration only and that the invention is to be limited only by the scope of the appended claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. Condition controlling apparatus for use with a condition responsive controller to regulate a condition changing device, said apparatus comprising a condenser motor including a motor unit and a condenser unit, a reduction gear train connected to said motor, mechanism including a switch for controlling the extent of movement of said motor, and a sealed housing containing oil and having a portion projecting from one side thereof, said motor unit and said reduction gear train being located in said housing and extending into said oil, said condenser unit being located outside of said casing beneath said projecting portion, and said mechanism for controlling the extent of movement of said motor being located on top of said casing and extending over said projecting portion.

2. Condition controlling apparatus for use with a condition responsive controller to regulate a condition changing device, said apparatus comprising a condenser motor including a motor unit and a condenser unit, a reduction gear train connected to said motor, a shaft connected to the low speed end of said gear train and adapted to be operatively connected to a regulator for a condition changing device, mechanism including a switch for controlling the extent of movement of said motor, a sealed housing containing oil and having a portion projecting from one side thereof, aligned bearings located in said projecting portion and in the side of said casing opposite to said projecting portion, said shaft being journaled in said bearing portions, said motor unit and said reduction gear train being located in said housing and extending into said oil, said condenser unit being located outside of said casing beneath said projecting portion, and said mech anism for controlling the extent of movement of said motor being located on top of said casing. 3. Condition controlling apparatus for use with a condition responsive controller to regulate a condition changing device, said apparatus comprising a condenser motor including a motor unit, a condenser unit, and a transformer, a reduction gear train connected to said motor, mechanism including a switch for controlling the extent of movement of said motor, and a sealed housing containing oil and having a portion projecting from one side thereof, said motor unit and said reduction gear train being located in said housing and extending into said oil, said condenser unit and said transformer being located outside of said casing beneath said projecting portion, and said mechanism for controlling the extent of movement of said motor being located on top of said casing and extending over said projecting portion.

4. Controlling apparatus for use with a main controller to regulate a controlled device, said apparatus comprising a motor, a reduction gear train connected to said motor, and a shaft connected to the low speed end of said gear train and adapted to be operatively connected to a regulator for the controlled device, a housing for araaeeo '77 enclosing said motor and reduction gear train, said housing having'a removable side wall, spaced hearing plates operatlvely supporting the elements of said gear train, means securing said motor to one of said bearing plates, and means securing said bearing plates to said side wall in definite spaced relationship to each other whereby said motor and said reduction gear train are operatively supported by said side wall inde pendently of the rest of said housing.

5. Controlling apparatus for use with a main controller to regulate a controlled device, said apparatus comprising a motor, a reduction gear train connected to said motor, and a shaft connected to the low speed end of said gear train and adapted to be operatively connected to a regulator for the controlled device, a sealed housing containing oil and enclosing said motor and reduction gear train partially immersed in oil, said housing having a removable side wall, spaced bearing plates operatively supporting the elements of said gear train, means securing said motor to one of said bearing plates, and means securing said bearing plates to said side wall in definite spaced relationship to each other whereby said motor and said reduction gear train are operatively supported by said side wall independently of the rest of said housing.

6. Controlling apparatus for use with a main controller to regulate a controlled device, said apparatus comprising a. .motor, a reduction gear train connected to said motor, and a shaft connected to the low speed end of said gear train and adapted to be operatively connected to a regulator for the controlled device, a housing for enclosing said motor and reduction gear train, said housing having a projecting bearing portion in one side wall thereof and having the side wall opposite to that in which said bearing is located removable, said removable side wall having a second bearing portion, said shaft being journaled in said bearing portions, and means supporting said motor and said reduction gear train entirely from said removable wall so that the relative position of said motor and the elements of said reduction gear train are independent of the relative position of said removable wall with respect to said housing.

7. Controlling apparatus for use with a 'main controller to regulate a controlled device, said apparatus comprising a motor, a reduction gear train connected to said motor, and a shaft connected to the low speed end of said gear train and adapted to be operatively connected to a regulator for the controlled device, a housing for enclosing said motor and reduction gear train, said housing having a projecting bearing portion in one side wall thereof and having the side wall opposite to that in which said bearing is located removable, said removable side wall having a. second bearing portion, said shaft being journaled in said bearing portion, means supporting said motor and said reduction gear train entirely from saidremovable wall so that the relativeposition of said motor and the elements of said reduction gear train are independent of the relative position of said removable wall with respect to said housing, and a condenser associated with said motor and located outside of said housing beneath said projecting bearing portion.

8. Temperature controlling apparatus for use with a temperature responsive controller to regulate a temperature changing device, said apparatus comprising a condenser motor including a motor unit and a condenser unit, a reduction gear train connected to said motor, mechanism including a switch for controlling the extent of movement of said motor, and a sealed housing containing oil and having a portion projecting from one side thereof, said motor unit and said reduction gear train being located in said housing and extending into said oil, said condenser unit being located outside of said casing beneath said projecting portion, and said mechanism for controlling the extent of movement of said motor being located on top of said casing and extending over said projecting portion.

9. Condition controlling apparatus for use With a condition responsive controller to regulate a condition changing device, said apparatus com-,

said oil, said condenser unit being located outside of said casing beneath said projecting portion, and said mechanism for controlling the extent of movement of said motor being located on top of said casing and extending over said projecting portion.

10. Condition controlling apparatus for use with a condition responsive controller toregulate a condition changing device, said apparatus comprising a condenser motor including a motor unit and a condenser unit, a reduction gear train connected to said motor, mechanism for controlling the extent of movement of said motor, said mechanism including a balanced relay, a potentiometer for controlling the balance of the energization of the relay, an operative connection between said shaft and the movable contact of said potentiometer, and a sealed housing containing oil and having a portion projecting from one side thereof, said motor unit and said reduction gear train being located in said housing and extending into said oil, said condenser unit being located outside of said casing beneath said projecting portion, and said mechanism for controlling the extent of movement of said motor being located on top of said casing and extending over said projecting portion.

ll. Controlling apparatus for use with a, main controller to regulate a controlled device, said apparatus comprising a' condenser motor-including a motor unit and a condenser unit, a reduction gear train connected to said motor,a shaft connected to the low speed end of said gear train and adapted to be operatively connected to a regulator for the controlled device, a housing enclosing said motor and said gear train, said of said removable wall and said housing upon the position of said shaft is minimized, and means mounting said condenser outside of said housing beneath said projecting portion.

12. Controlling apparatus for use with a main controller to regulate a controlled device, said apparatus comprising a condenser motor including a motor unit, a condenser unit and a transformer, a reduction gear train connected to said motor, a shaft connected to the low speed end of said gear train and adapted to be operatively connected to a regulator for the controlled device, a housing enclosing said motor and said gear train, said housing having a removable side wall containing a bearing for said shaft, the opposite side wall of said housing having a bearing portion for said shaft projected outwardly from the main portion of said side wall to provide a substantially large spacing between said bearings whereby the effect of a slight change in the relative positions of said removable wall and said housing upon the position of said shaft is minimized, and means mounting said condenser and transformer outside of said housing beneath said projecting portion.

13. Controlling apparatus for use with a main controller to regulate a controlled device, said apparatus comprising a condenser motor including a motor unit and a condenser unit, a reduction gear train connected to said motor, a shaft connected to the low speed end of said gear train and adapted to be operatively connected to a re ulator for the controlled device, a sealed housing containing oil enclosing said motor and said gar train partially immersed in oil, said housing having a removable side wall containing a bearing for said shaft, the opposite side wall of said housing having a bearing portion for said shaft projected outwardly from the main portion of said side wall to provide a substantially large spacing between said bearings whereby the effect of a slight change in the relative positions of said removable wall and said housing upon the position of said shaft is minimized, and means mounting said condenser outside of said housing beneath said projection portion.

l4. Controlling apparatus for use in a follow-up system employing a variably positioned controller to variably position a controlled device in accordance with the position of said controller, said apparatus comprising a condenser motor including a motor unit and a condenser unit, a reduction gear train connected to said motor, a shaft connected to the low speed end of said gear train and adapted to be operatively connected to a regulator for the controlled device, follow-up mechanism operated by said motor for terminating the operation of said motor upon the controlled device having moved to a position corresponding to the position of said controller, a housing enclosing said motor and said gear train, said housing having a removable side wall containing a bearing for said shaft, the opposite side wall of said housing having a bearing portion for said shaft projected outwardly from the main portion of said side wall to provide a substantially large spacing between said bearings whereby the effect of a slight change in the relative positions of said removable wall and said housing upon the position of said shaft is minimized, means supporting said io11ow-up mechanism on top of said housing extending over said projecting portion, and means mounting said condenser outside of said housing beneath said projecting portion.

' WILLIAM H. EDMONDSON. 

